Example sentences of "[noun sg] and went [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They climbed back into the jeep and went on along the rutted lane , lurching and splashing through deep puddles , the Brigadier worrying audibly all the way because ‘ things were n't as they should be . ’ |
| 2 | Slowly he rose from his seat and went over to the headmaster who stood twisting the piece of white chalk between his fingers . |
| 3 | She put the scarf back round her neck and went through to the shop . |
| 4 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 5 | Steve picked up his sandwich and went over to the television set where he sat eating it while he watched the news . |
| 6 | Charles shuffled through his pockets for a two p piece and went down to the phone . |
| 7 | She grabbed her handbag and went through to the bathroom . |
| 8 | He again eased himself out of the narrow space of the breakfast nook and went over to the kitchen counter , looked at the parcel and looked at his wife , who was now almost hysterical : He decided that he must be courageous and investigate , so he unwound the paper towels , picked up the books one by one and read their titles . |
| 9 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 10 | So the days were unhappy and the nights a bleak nothingness , and although I never actually put a rope around that pulley , nor loaded my shotgun and went out into the field and dug my own grave — as I had visualized so often — nor started my engine in the garage , yet I thought about all three , and on occasions I thought about one or other for days at a time . |
| 11 | They left the goose in the dairy and went back along the passage and through a swing door with baize on one side into a wide , dark hall where a grandfather clock ticked in one corner and a small oil lamp threw shadows . |
| 12 | He was unable to find work and went back to the North to be near his little boy . |
| 13 | Last weekend we booked a 55-seater coach and went down to the youth soccer international at Wembley between England and Italy and had a marvellous time . ’ |
| 14 | She put him in the cubicle and went back to the nursing station to phone the physiotherapy department . |
| 15 | Mark crossed the imposing entrance hall and went out for the last time . |
| 16 | He took the Mascot Missile 's keys from the tray in the hall and went out into the driving rain . |
| 17 | Tom left the room on a laugh and went out to the nurses ' station , almost bumping into Bill Hamilton on the way . |
| 18 | A group of us hastily slung together a plan and went back into the concert hall in an effort to oust the ruling junta . |
| 19 | He regularly donned a wig and women 's clothing and went out on the town as Diane . |
| 20 | I switched off the machine and went back to the counter . |
| 21 | I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it . |
| 22 | Sir John took the goblet and went over to the window , staring out at the sun dazzling the snow on Tower Green . |
| 23 | Jill made a sick sort of noise and went out to the lavatory . |
| 24 | we , we went and you know park where we normally park and went down to the United chip shop and er we got our chips and stood outside |
| 25 | He left her after about half an hour and went down to the lake to see Burkett . |
| 26 | At first came a very senior Sister and went over to the childless one in the corner . |
| 27 | Charles took a giant box of matches from the kitchen and went out into the garden . |
| 28 | They both climbed down out of the truck and went round to the cab . |
| 29 | When they were out of sight , Mungo touched the golden glass ball for luck and went down to the yard . |
| 30 | We are doing a study of Debenham Church in History at the moment and went down into the village in the lesson time to draw the different types of windows in the building . |